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Ford S-MAX: how many are still registered?

70,320still registered

Ford S-MAX cars still registered with DVLA (licensed or SORN), across 73 recorded variants.

Most recorded on UK roads at once: 87,730 (2018 Q3) - 80.1% of that peak survives.

Disappearing at about 4.9% a year (the 2020–2025 trend). If that rate continued: around 54,697 in 2030.

4,698 of the survivors (6.6%) are declared off-road (SORN) rather than taxed.

80.1% survives 2018 Q3 peak: 87,730

Declared off-road (SORN)4,698 · 6.6%
Disappearing per year4.9%
Projected 2030~54,697

Derivatives

DVLA also registers other body types under the Ford S-MAX nameplate. Each is counted on its own page, so every figure on this one is cars only.

Ford S-MAX vans2still reg.Ford S-MAX buses and coaches1still reg.

By year

All 70,320 surviving Ford S-MAX cars, by the year each was built - not how many were on the road at the time. Across every year, 29,202 of these cars have gone since 2014, leaving 61.6% of the 2014 figure. That is the earliest real count of the same cars: DVLA publishes no production figures, so nothing here is a count of how many were built.

Year built2006 → 2023
8,0004,0000
20062023
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On the road over time

Total Ford S-MAX cars registered (licensed or SORN) at the end of each year.

87,401
2006log scale2026: 64,103
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Engine size and fuel

What is on the road now: the surviving Ford S-MAX cars split by engine capacity and by fuel, as recorded 2025. Engine sizes are DVLA's own bands and cover only the cars it holds a capacity for.

Engine size

1401cc to 1500cc1,300 cars · 1.8%
1501cc to 1600cc4,718 cars · 6.7%
1701cc to 1800cc2,520 cars · 3.5%
1901cc to 2000cc55,257 cars · 78.5%
2101cc to 2200cc4,440 cars · 6.3%
2401cc to 2500cc1,280 cars · 1.8%
2501cc to 2600cc643 cars · 0.9%
Other sizes (5)162 cars · 0.2%

Fuel

Diesel62,939 · 89.5%
Petrol6,151 · 8.7%
Hybrid Electric (petrol)1,229 · 1.7%
Gas1 · under 0.1%

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Source: DVLA vehicle licensing statistics (DfT). Counts as of 2025, licensed and SORN vehicles both included. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Survivor counts are national registration figures, not a guarantee any particular car exists or is roadworthy - check a specific reg free.